A week ago, there was NO CHANCE I would have included this on my list. NO CHANCE. There’s 16 players playing in this event, and none of them are named “Tiger” or “Mickelson.” However, the event is RUN by Tiger Woods; which suddenly makes it a bit interesting. Not the golf itself-but the things surrounding the golf. Like, “Will Tiger show up?”, “What will Tiger have to say?” and “Will they add a dented mailbox and claw marks to the face of the AWESOME trophy they give the winner?”

I cannot BELIEVE I already committed to driving around Baltimore Saturday to watch college hoops with Drew Forrester. I would have NEVER made such a commitment had I known that my BELOVED Fly-as were hosting those rat-fink Caps on Saturday night at the Wachovia Center. Let’s go Fly-as! Here’s a little video at shot with some friends at the WNST studios Friday night…….

As a broadcaster, there really is NOTHING worse than trying to do a broadcast of a “lottery”-type event. When I was on my spiritual journey to Phoenix two years ago, I was forced to do a live NBA Draft lottery show; as the Suns were the most popular team in town. Trying to take an hour to talk about where ping-pong balls might land was about as entertaining as listening to Jerry Coleman. (Love you Jerry.)

And as far as Virginia is concerned, after the pure misery of the last handful of times Maryland has faced Virginia in JUST ABOUT ANYTHING over the last few weeks, here’s some hard-hitting analysis:

Boy, this Florida/Alabama matchup is pretty interesting. I mean, on the Gators side you have…..

But on the Tide side you have…….

Of course, the Florida side also has Tim Tebow’s girlfriend…….

(Edit from GMC: For the record, I have NO IDEA if that is Tim Tebow’s girlfriend, but it IS the picture that comes first when you Google image search “Tim Tebow’s girlfriend”, and a lot of people seem to think she IS Tim Tebow’s girlfriend. And if not, she should be. He’s better than the rest of us.)

Look, there’s no question who I’ll be rooting for Monday night, but I’ll have to admit that it’s hard to have much venom towards Aaron Rodgers and company; mostly because there is just NO WAY I can dislike the product their area is best known for…..

I mean-is there ANYTHING-IN THE WORLD-better than cheese??? We had broccoli and cheese as part of our family’s Thanksgiving celebration; and I actually tried to go swimming in the cheese that was left at the bottom of the serving bowl. I’m not kidding, either.

So while I hope the Pack lose this game 60-0, there will be a part of me that thinks “you know, maybe I should just move to Wisconsin already…..”